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[Kugerfang]

WTH? Someone deleted teh p1cture of Forrest Gump!

Originally Posted by peace01

Too much erpsonal

epic lulz

[Juanca]

Oops peace01 i think it already happened....
now thousands of members stole your avatar picture id


my god and it was such a good picture of you

[_r.u.s.s.]

i haven't seen sucha good burn in ages :laugh:

but yeah, if you don't want to insert your real data, just make stuff up

[Lulu_Jane]

I was going to steal your identity Peace01, but then I decided there can only be one person on earth who murders the English language like that, so you are safe... for now.

Sleep with one eye open buddy.

[yoga]

Good time, bad time...

off/
sorry
Juanca, are YOU a real yoga, pls?
I am.

yog

[nvrmre]

Wow... if all you need is a name, location and birthdate to steal someone's identity, then the internet must be a goldmine.

That would mean a phone book is essentially a crime spree waiting to happen...

Seriously, if you don't feel comfortable giving such information, make something up. I don't think that the moderators will be making house calls to double check the accuracy of the info...

[Zoltan Mihaly]

Ah, damn, you are aware of it now. I found out who you are, and broke into your house last night, and was about to steal your identity!!! but then I noticed you typing this post and I realised I have no chance.

:laugh:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Ever here of a phone book with name, birthdate, and ext location yu can simple go to a phone book and find thier address.

Yeah, sure. My name is John Reese. Which Sara Connor are you?

With just that much info you can get a credit card in someone's elses name. that is teh info needed to find someones sociaalsecurity number.

Perhaps, perhaps not.
Are you trying to accuse the staff of this site of attempting identity theft on anyone?

And, the main point it isn't nescary for them to collect this information.

It's not, but this is how the boss set up the registration process. Since the Drupal administrator controls are a chaotic mess, none of us have the slightest idea where the registration settings are dug up in the first place if we wanted to change them (like when there was talk of changing the location box to a text input).

Requiring the user to input name, age and location serves as a major deterrent for bot registration. We had perhaps three bots get in since the site upgrade - before that, it was more like a minimum of three bots a week.

Finally, you had to enter this information when registering... so if you're so freaking paranoid, why the hell did you register here (or anywhere else, for that matter) to begin with?

peace01, make a list, on that list every one who has that info.
Put on that list every time you ever provided that info, school, biblio, work, whatevers and whatnots, hotels, any time you gladly provided that info to complete strangers.
Don't forget to add the times your parents had to give detailed info about you when you were a small child.

QFT.
Truth is, anyone can get full detailed information on your person if they put half their mind to it. There are places where you can't avoid providing it to people you don't know jack shit about - ever bought anything on eBay, for example?